Shanksville

borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
County: Somerset
Township: Stonycreek
Incorporated: January 25, 1913
Founded by: Christian Shank
Total: 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km )
Land: 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Density: 1,000/sq mi (390/km )
Time zone: UTC-5 ( EST )
Summer dst: UTC-4 ( EDT )
Fips code: 42-69680

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Shanksville is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of 199 as of the 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the Somerset, Pennsylvania, Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is located 78 miles (126 km) southeast of Pittsburgh and 226 miles (364 km) west of Philadelphia.

Shanksville garnered global attention during the September 11 attacks when United Airlines Flight 93, bound from Newark, New Jersey, for San Francisco, crashed in adjacent Stonycreek Township after its passengers rebelled against the flight's al-Qaeda terrorist hijackers. It was the only one of the four hijacked planes that failed to reach the terrorists' intended target.